My father always used to say that when you die, if you’ve got five real friends, then you’ve had a great life.
We all have a dark side. Most of us go through life avoiding direct confrontation with that aspect of ourselves, which I call the shadow self. There’s a reason why. It carries a great deal of energy.
Experience is a great teacher.
I am blessed to have so many great things in my life – family, friends and God. All will be in my thoughts daily.
Every day is a great day for hockey.
Failure is a great teacher, and I think when you make mistakes and you recover from them and you treat them as valuable learning experiences, then you’ve got something to share.
Great people have great values and great ethics.
Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you’re passionate about something, then you’re more willing to take risks.
Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.
Sometimes I wish that I could go into a time machine right now and just look at my self and say, ‘Calm down. Things are gonna be fine. Things are gonna be all great. Just relax.’
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
Fashion and music are two great artistic forms that can be molded by the youth culture – our taste and our passion for evolving things in our limited time on earth allows us to look at things with fresh eyes.
It’s a great privilege and an honour to have the experiences and opportunities that I do to meet extraordinary Australians right across our country who share a great generosity of spirit.
A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame.
Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.
Mother Nature is the great equalizer. You can’t get away from it.
Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
The great tragedy of science – the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity; moving beyond it necessitates intuition, which in turn configures new perspectives and conquers fears.
Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
